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5) Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 19-I love Shawn Michaels and it wasn't that the entrance itself was too bad but it was the fact that some of the machines in use decided not to work. Shawn was set to come down the aisle while picking up confetti guns and shooting them into the crowd, sadly a couple of them didn't work. But this being Shawn Michaels he played off it and moved on. The problem was quickly forgotten when he got in the ring and the massive firework display for him began around the top of the stadium which looked awesome.
4) Rey Mysterio at Wrestlemania 22-Now I should put all of Mysterio's entrance at Mania in mainly because he always tries to pull off a special outfit, usually comic book or movie related, and you end up just asking what it is or why did he chose thatt. But at Wrestlemania 22 they got P.O.D to perform his entrance theme and he came out in a head dress, he proceeded to said next to the band and do nothing until he headed to the ring. It just came off as awkward and odd, I also didn't get the head dress at all was he saying he's an Indian chief because I don't think that's true.
3) Triple H at Wrestlemania 22-Wrestlemania 22 was a pretty bad show in terms of entrances. The main event was Triple H challenging John Cena for the WWE title so for his entrance Triple H came up onto the ramp in a throne dressed like Conan the Barbarian (he's often been called a Conan wannabe), he just sat there while Motorheads "King of Kings" played which was the songs debut and then his normal music played. Triple H just looked awful in that outfit and it played no part in the rest of his entrance as he stood up and removed the outift and walked to the ring like normal.
2) The Miz at Wrestlemania 27-Remember when Miz main evented a Wrestlemania? Now look at where he is, he can't even do a Figure 4 leglock correctly. The entrance started with a video showcasing the Miz's life and rise to the WWE title, which would be great if he wasn't walking in as the heel! But the entrance was killed when he came out to inflatable Miz letters which looked so cheap. Not only did they give him a video with the wrong message but they also made him look like a pile of crap when he actually came out. Lucky for him he was already being overshadowed that year by Rock & Cena, the former not even being in the match.
1) John Cena-Yep I pretty much hate every entrance he gets at Wrestlemania. They always give Cena a big entrance at Mania and they either come off as just sucking up to the crowd/city or just bad. Whether it was the Gangster entrance at 22, the car driving which he wasn't in until the end at 23, the copy cats at 25 (which WWE must have drooled over) or the several marching bands/choir singers he gets, they're all bad in my book. This isn't a shot at Cena it's a shot at WWE for choosing these entrances, Cena is just the guy who gets given them.Best
5) Steve Austin at Wrestlemania 13-I'll be honest I was struggling to find good entrances at Mania, I find a lot of them just come of as goofing and bad. This one was pure and simple as the glass breaks in Austin's song a panel of glass that was filling the entrance with "Austin 3:16" written on shatters, something WWE did several times with him. It was nice and simple, the added effect of Bret Hart having to walk over it after was a nice touch as well.
4) Triple H at Wrestlemania 27-To be fair I'm just a fan of Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and it worked great here. There were soldiers surrounding him and he was all dressed up with a mask and everything, now like the 22 entrance it was removed when he actually walked to the ring but his appearence on the ramp was awesome.
3) Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 12-Probably the most iconic entrance in WWE history. We've all seen the zipline and Vince McMahon's call of "What a ride!". It just looked awesome I can't think of many people who didn't watch and think "I'd love to try that". It did give away the ending of the match however as Bret Hart, who was defending the WWE title, just came out normally so he didn't look like the focus of the company one bit but since they were doing the switch I'm ok with it.
2) Ric Flair at Wrestlemania 24-Going into Wrestlemania that year we all knew this would be Flair's last match, how wrong we were but we believed that he was retiring. So to see him walk that aisle in a gorgeous robe (personally think his robes looked awful while in WWE but this one looked amazing) he did his usual Ric Flair thing and when he reached the end of the aisle he slowly did a full turn and the fireworks began. This entrance was all about aura and that special feeling of "End of an era" throughout it. The match itself is one of the most emotional I've ever seen and this entrance only helped that.
1) Undertaker-Much like Cena I'm including all his Wrestlemania entrances here. WWE put special effort into his entrance and they come off as incredible, much like Flair's it's all about the aura that comes off and it's just awe inspiring, at points you lose the fact you're at a wrestling show when he enters. Whether you like him or not there's just something special about his entrance, even while he was the American Bad ass his entrances stood out above anyone else. The line up for this years Mania has 4 matches announced and out of that I'd say the top 3 have potential to put on special entrances especially since 3 out of the 6 have been mentioned here.
Now this may seem like a silly list to do but you should never overlook a wrestlers entrance. How they come out can make them look like true superstars or just another guy. Regardless of if I think these are good or not the fact is that these guys try to come off as bigger than life and when you look at everyone else who usually just come out normally they succeed in their goal. It also shows the the company has faith in them for going that extra mile for them at the biggest show of the year.
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